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Fatah, Hamas meet in Gaza to discuss forming unity gov't
Date: 2014-05-13 20:18:04 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:171 - ID:719998
GAZA CITY, May 13 (MENA) – Two delegations from the two Palestinian rivals Fattah and Hamas met Tuesday in the Gaza Strip to discuss forming a national unity government. Azzam al-Ahmad of Fatah's Central Committee led the Fatah delegation while ....
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Palestinian released after 8 years in Israeli jails
Date: 2014-05-13 20:06:46 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:169 - ID:719978
GAZA CITY, May 13 (MENA) – The Israeli occupation authorities ordered Tuesday to release a Palestinian prisoner who stayed behind bars for more than eight years. Ibrahim el-Bardawil, 39, is a Gazan fisherman who was taken into the Israeli ....
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Jordan's King calls released amb.
Date: 2014-05-13 19:52:28 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:168 - ID:719979
AMMAN, May 13 (MENA) - Jordan's King Abdullah II, who is currently in the US on a working visit, on Tuesday made a telephone call with freed Jordanian ambassador to Libya Fawaz al-Aitan, and congratulated him on his release and return to the Kingdom ....
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Egypt's amb. in Palestine asserts support to Palestinians
Date: 2014-05-13 19:47:41 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:167 - ID:719972
RAMALLAH, May 13 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Palestine Wael Attia asserted Tuesday his country's support to Palestine in getting rid of the Israeli occupation and establishing an independent Palestinian state. This came Tuesday during Attia's ....
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9 Iraqis killed, injured in 2 Baghdad blasts
Date: 2014-05-13 19:44:41 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:166 - ID:719931
BAGHDAD, May 13 (MENA) - An Iraqi civilian was killed and three others were injured on Tuesday when an explosive device planted on a road side in southern Baghdad exploded, a security source said. Another explosive device exploded in Zaideya ....
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Attempts to abridge Palestinians' freedom, rights doomed to fail - Gaza gov.
Date: 2014-05-13 19:38:12 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:164 - ID:719923
GAZA CITY, May 13 (MENA) – The Hamas-controlled government in Gaza stressed Tuesday that any attempts aimed at abridging Palestinians' freedom and rights were doomed to fail. The Gaza cabinet's remarks came after its weekly meeting. It said that ....
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Sharafeddin participates in executive office meet of Arab info. ministers
Date: 2014-05-13 19:05:42 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:157 - ID:719536
CAIRO, May 13 (MENA) - Information Minister Dorria Sharafeddin participated Tuesday in the meetings of the 2nd round of the executive office of Arab information ministers in the Arab League premises in Cairo. The meeting discussed the agenda of ....
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18 terrorists killed, 5 vehicles destroyed in Mosul security crackdown
Date: 2014-05-13 18:20:42 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:148 - ID:719435
BAGHDAD, May 13 (MENA) – A joint security operation commandment in Nineveh said Tuesday about 18 terrorists were killed while five vehicles belonging to them were destroyed in a security crackdown in Mosul, 405 km north of Baghdad. The security ....
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Azzam al-Ahmad arrives in Gaza for talks
Date: 2014-05-13 18:16:37 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:146 - ID:719793
GAZA CITY, May 13 (MENA) - Senior Fatah official Azzam al- Ahmad arrived Tuesday at the Gaza Strip via Beit Hanoun crossing "Erez" to confer on forming an accord government with Hamas leaders. Upon arrival, Ahmad meets with Hamas leaders to talk ....
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MERS death toll rises to 152 in KSA
Date: 2014-05-13 17:18:14 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:136 - ID:719748
RIYADH, May 13 (MENA) – The Saudi Health Ministry has said that the death toll from the coronavirus in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) rose to 152 people. In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry added that 495 people were infected with the ....